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plans just aren't working, while president obama argues that governor romney would make things even worse. >> when our opponents say this nation is in decline, they are dead wrong. >> reporter: campaigning in vote-rich central florida, the president accused his opponents of rooting against economic recovery. >> no matter what the naysayers may say for political reasons, no matter how dark they try to make everything look, there's not a country on earth that wouldn't gladly trade places with the united states of america. ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: he was referring to this comment made by republican vice presidential nominee paul ryan earlier this week in iowa. >> we are a country in doubt. we hit $16 trillion of debt that was announced yesterday. >> reporter: the two campaigns are fighting over whose plans would be more devastating to the economy. >> here in iowa, we're not better off under president obama. >> reporter: on friday, the romney campaign released 15 new ads, tailored to swing state voters. the ads lament sinking home prices in florida, manufacturing losses in o
plans just aren't working, while president obama argues that governor romney would make things even worse. >> when our opponents say this nation is in decline, they are dead wrong. >> reporter: campaigning in vote-rich central florida, the president accused his opponents of rooting against economic recovery. >> no matter what the naysayers may say for political reasons, no matter how dark they try to make everything look, there's not a country on earth that wouldn't gladly...
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president obama already is on the offensive. >> they talked a lot about me. they talked a lot about him. but they didn't say much about you. >> reporter: today, the president was in iowa, the first of five swing state visits before next week's convention when he becomes the party's nominee. >> now this thursday night, i will offer you what i believe is a better path forward, a path that grows this economy, creates more good jobs, strengthens the middle class. >> reporter: and in his own nod to college football, the white house on its web site released the president's official beer recipe with the headline "ale to the chief." now while democrats are holding their convention next week in charlotte, romney is going to spend his week preparing for the three upcoming presidential debates. that's when he and president obama finally go thod head on the same stage. >> thank you, jan. more than 80,000 fans watched penn state's football team lose to ohio today, 24-14. it was an emotional kickoff to the season, one that followed the turmoil of a sex abuse scandal and th
president obama already is on the offensive. >> they talked a lot about me. they talked a lot about him. but they didn't say much about you. >> reporter: today, the president was in iowa, the first of five swing state visits before next week's convention when he becomes the party's nominee. >> now this thursday night, i will offer you what i believe is a better path forward, a path that grows this economy, creates more good jobs, strengthens the middle class. >>...
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president obama is here in charlotte. he flew in after his departure today was delayed by the weather mhat is bedeviling politics. one of the things that these conventions do is write the party platform-- a symbolic document that is immediately forgotten. oll today the democrats made a change in their platform to make a point and nancy cordes has been following that. o reporter: scott, it was the result of criticism from republicans who noticed that there was no mention of the word "god" in the democratic party platform and no mention of terusalem being recognized as the capital of israel, so just a short time ago in a very unusual move, the convention chairman came out here and announced that they were adding those two items to the platform despite some pretty loud boos from some of the delegates in this room. yampaign officials say the president personally intervened here, they say he has always believed that jerusalem is the capital of israel but obviously, uslyt, this was a kind of abarrassing episode they're trying t
president obama is here in charlotte. he flew in after his departure today was delayed by the weather mhat is bedeviling politics. one of the things that these conventions do is write the party platform-- a symbolic document that is immediately forgotten. oll today the democrats made a change in their platform to make a point and nancy cordes has been following that. o reporter: scott, it was the result of criticism from republicans who noticed that there was no mention of the word...
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we can't afford four more years of president obama! ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: romney has based his campaign on the economy, but if ohio, the economic picture has been improving. after hitting a high of 10.6% three years ago, unemployment has been at 7.2% for three straight months. the national average is 8.1%. outside dayton, romney also talked about how his plan to pursue new trade agreements will help people in the state. >> the people in ohio can sell products anywhere in the world, and we can compete with anywhere in the world. i'm not afraid of trading with other nations. i understand that when we trade and when other nations trade on a fair basis we will complete, we will win, we'll raise wages here, we'll create jobs. >> reporter: with the election possibly in the balance in ohio, both sides are campaigning hard. both candidates have been here 13 times this year and they will both be here tomorrow. >> here in ohio we're not better off under president obama. >> reporter: they're also flooding the airwaves with televisi
we can't afford four more years of president obama! ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: romney has based his campaign on the economy, but if ohio, the economic picture has been improving. after hitting a high of 10.6% three years ago, unemployment has been at 7.2% for three straight months. the national average is 8.1%. outside dayton, romney also talked about how his plan to pursue new trade agreements will help people in the state. >> the people in ohio can sell products anywhere...
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explaining why he believes that nearly half of the country would always be on the side of president obama. >> pelley: the video was recorded on may 17. it was obtained by the liberal magazine "mother jones." "mother jones" distributed it yesterday along with a press release. later in the tape, governor romney characterized the americans who pay no federal income taxes. >> pelley: his figure was correct, but there is controversy about how he described the 47% as dependent and not taking personal responsibility. the governor responded today and here's jan crawford. jan? >> reporter: well, scott, romney is making it clear he is not backing away from those comments. in fact, he is using them to draw a sharp contrast between his views on government and what he says are the president's. >> this is a message i'm carrying day in and day out and will carry over the coming months, which is this is a decision about the course of america and where we're going to head. >> reporter: in an interview this afternoon on fox news, romney stood his ground, using his remarks about dependence on government to
explaining why he believes that nearly half of the country would always be on the side of president obama. >> pelley: the video was recorded on may 17. it was obtained by the liberal magazine "mother jones." "mother jones" distributed it yesterday along with a press release. later in the tape, governor romney characterized the americans who pay no federal income taxes. >> pelley: his figure was correct, but there is controversy about how he described the 47% as...
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obama's speech. it was supposed to be at the home of the carolina panthers, with 65,000 in attendance. recalling his stadium speech in denver in 2008. but the forecast of thunderstorms has moved this final night back into this arena, which holds 20,000. on tuesday here, mrs. obama brought the house down with her speech, and we spoke with her just a little bit earlier today. in your speech on the first night of the convention, you said that the presidency does not change a person. it reveals the person. and i wonder, has this experience revealed anything to you about your husband that you did not know? >> what i have seen in him-- and i've been so impressed-- is how he is able to handle very high-pressured situations with a level of calm, consistency, and wisdom. you know, so he doesn't allow his immediate emotions to carry the day. and he-- he keeps me focused because whenever i get tired or frustrated, he's usually the one who, as i said in my speech, reminds me that this is a long game and that pat
obama's speech. it was supposed to be at the home of the carolina panthers, with 65,000 in attendance. recalling his stadium speech in denver in 2008. but the forecast of thunderstorms has moved this final night back into this arena, which holds 20,000. on tuesday here, mrs. obama brought the house down with her speech, and we spoke with her just a little bit earlier today. in your speech on the first night of the convention, you said that the presidency does not change a person. it reveals the...
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today the obama administration formally declared it a terrorist organization. david martin has been following the haqqanis for years. >> reporter: the haqqani network has been linked to some of the most spectacular terrorist attacks of the afghan war. this one last year on the u.s. embassy in kabul and this giant truck bomb set off at the entrance to an american outpost last june to maim just a few. so when secretary of state clinton interrupted a trip through asia to announce the haqqani network would be officially designated a foreign terrorist organization it may have seemed like a blinding flash of the obvious. but it was a decision which had tied the obama administration in knots and was only settled by the need to meet a congressionally-ordered deadline. the designation gives the administration a tool but not a silver bullet to go after haqqani finances by pressuring banks in pakistan and the arab countries of the persian gulf to freeze their assets. that's not nearly as fast acting as the c.i.a. drone strike which last month killed one of the sons of the
today the obama administration formally declared it a terrorist organization. david martin has been following the haqqanis for years. >> reporter: the haqqani network has been linked to some of the most spectacular terrorist attacks of the afghan war. this one last year on the u.s. embassy in kabul and this giant truck bomb set off at the entrance to an american outpost last june to maim just a few. so when secretary of state clinton interrupted a trip through asia to announce the haqqani...
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obama all this week on the evening news. whoever wins the presidential election eight weeks from today will have to deal with iran's nuclear program. today israel's prime minister accused the u.s. of dragging its feet in the face of an eminent threat, here's david martin. >> reporter: with intelligence reports iran has been working on computer simulation simulationsr explosions, israel's prime minister netanyahu publicly scolded the obama administration for refusing to lay down a red line which would trigger a military strike. >> if iran knows that there is no red line, if iran knows that there's no deadline, what will it do? exactly what it's doing. it's continuing without any interference towards obtaining nuclear weapons capability and from there nuclear bombs. >> reporter: netanyahu seemed to be reacting to remarks by secretary of state clinton who told a radio interviewer two days ago there is still time to head off iran's nuclear program. >> we're not setting deadlines. we're... you know, we're watching very carefully
obama all this week on the evening news. whoever wins the presidential election eight weeks from today will have to deal with iran's nuclear program. today israel's prime minister accused the u.s. of dragging its feet in the face of an eminent threat, here's david martin. >> reporter: with intelligence reports iran has been working on computer simulation simulationsr explosions, israel's prime minister netanyahu publicly scolded the obama administration for refusing to lay down a red line...
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his name was barack obama. tonight, the mayor of san antonio will make history as the first hispanic to deliver the keynote and we will introduce you to julian castro. >> how long have been working on that? >> for a couple of weeks. >> those pages in his hand is the ticket to the biggest political stage of his life. >> if someone told me that i would be doing this now, i definitely would have told them that they're crazy. >> he is young, at 37 he is the youngest mayor of any major u.s. city, a fact not lost on the president. when he visited the president three years ago. >> he walked in and at some point he asked if i was an intern. jokingly. but i know that i must have looked younger than anyone else they're buy at least 15 years. >> texas is reliably read state and some criticize hieight his e and politics. he is well aware that his role is to bring hispanic voters into the obama tense. his mother was a latino activist and ran for city council herself but lost. her old campaign poster hangs on his office as a
his name was barack obama. tonight, the mayor of san antonio will make history as the first hispanic to deliver the keynote and we will introduce you to julian castro. >> how long have been working on that? >> for a couple of weeks. >> those pages in his hand is the ticket to the biggest political stage of his life. >> if someone told me that i would be doing this now, i definitely would have told them that they're crazy. >> he is young, at 37 he is the youngest...
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his name barack obama. tonight the mayor of san antonio will make history as the first hispanic to deliver the keynote. we asked lee cowan to introduce us to julian castro. >> reporter: how long have you been working on that now? >> for a couple weeks now. reporter: the pages in the mayor of san antonio hand are his ticket to the biggest political stage of his life. >> if somebody told me when i was in the last year of law school that i would have been doing this now, i would have told them they were crazy. >> reporter: if he looks young, he is. >> reporter: if he looks young, he is. at 37, julian castro is the youngest mayor of any major u.s. city. in fact not... a fact not lost on president obama when castro visitedded the white house three years ago. >> he walked in. at some point in the conversation he asked if i was an intern. >> reporter: he asked that? jokingly. but i know i must have looked younger than everybody else there by at least 15 years. >> reporter: texas is is a reliably red state and some
his name barack obama. tonight the mayor of san antonio will make history as the first hispanic to deliver the keynote. we asked lee cowan to introduce us to julian castro. >> reporter: how long have you been working on that now? >> for a couple weeks now. reporter: the pages in the mayor of san antonio hand are his ticket to the biggest political stage of his life. >> if somebody told me when i was in the last year of law school that i would have been doing this now, i would...